[ha-Safran] New issue of Jewish Librarians

2015-03-26 Thread rambaml1
Issue 33 went online and is available at: http://safranim.com/ בברכת חג פסח כשר ושמח. *אבישי אלבויםמנהל ספריית הרמבם (בית אריאלה)* *ספריית הרמבם מתקוונת אליך,שירות סריקה ומשלוח חומר תורני מתוך ספרים וכתבי-עת ישנים וחדשים. * *חומר המוגן בזכויות יוצרים - השימוש בהתאם לתנאי חוק זכויות

Re: [ha-Safran] Sephardic book suggestions

2015-03-26 Thread Ron Duncan Hart
Gaon Books (gaonbooks.com) has several titles on Sephardic traditions: 1. Susana Weich-Shahak (Ph.D.) Israeli ethnomusicologist won the 2014 European Folklore Prize for her work in Moroccan Sephardic Romancero (Sephardic Ballads from Morocco) (ISBN: 9781935604556). 2. William Samelson (Ph.D.)

[ha-Safran] Looking for roommate for AJL Silver Spring

2015-03-26 Thread Michal H. Malen
Hi Conference Attendees. I'm looking for a female, nonsmoking roommate for the three days of the conference. If you are looking for the same, please email me at mhm1...@aol.com or nsha.libr...@gmail.com. Thank you. Michal Malen__ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the

[ha-Safran] position available -- resumes wanted

2015-03-26 Thread Michal H. Malen
The North Shore Hebrew Academy (Lower School and Middle School) in Great Neck, NY is looking for a school librarian/media specialist for the coming September. Modern Orthodox Day School, knowledge of Hebrew required. Please send resumes to: Rabbi Jeffrey Kobrin North Shore Hebrew Academy 16

[ha-Safran] PDCE for SSC and RAS : Webinar How to Discuss E-Books with Patrons

2015-03-26 Thread Stephanie L Gross
(Follow-up to our conference sessions on e-books:) http://ala-publishing.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT00NjUyNzQxJnA9MSZ1PTEwMzEzNTcyOTEmbGk9Mjc4NzUyMTc/index.html 2-Part Workshop / 90 mins each facilitated by Phil Spirito Wednesdays-April 1st 8th, 2015 2:30 PM Eastern | 1:30 PM Central 12:30 PM

[ha-Safran] Call for AJL Photos

2015-03-26 Thread Taub, Aaron
Dear Colleagues, In celebration of AJL's Jubilee, we would like to assemble a slide show of approximately 150-200 images of AJL's history. Please send 1-3 JPEGs (digital images) of any AJL-related material to Peggy Pearlstein at peggypearlst...@yahoo.commailto:peggypearlst...@yahoo.com.

[ha-Safran] Invitation to join a consortium

2015-03-26 Thread Goldie Milgram
I recently got to thinking about how much better we could do as a small niche publisher were we to work on marketing in partnership with other intentionally short-list Jewish-content publishing houses (not individual self-publishers--which would be a different group). The stimulus for this arose

[ha-Safran] Sephardic book suggestions

2015-03-26 Thread Rose Novil
Dear fellow librarians, I will be doing a book talk for the Sephardic Congregation in Chicago and would like to speak about books on Sephardim, if possible, newer ones. Could you suggest some titles that you would recommend? Looking forward to hearing the group wisdom. Have a wonderful and

[ha-Safran] JTS Library - important announcement

2015-03-26 Thread Naomi Steinberger
Dear Colleagues, Per our January public announcement, The Jewish Theological Seminary is planning a project that will include construction of a new building for the library. The new facility will be able to accommodate research and instruction in ways that the current library does not. While

[ha-Safran] News article about the tekhelet factory in Kfar Adumim

2015-03-26 Thread Jacob Richman
Hi Everyone! Tonight, I read an interesting news article about the tekhelet factory in Kfar Adumim. Here is the link to the article: http://bit.ly/tekhelet-dye Enjoy! Shabbat Sahlom, Jacob __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not